Jim F, Author at Backseat Mafia

Soundtrack of our lives: Queens based artist Will Kaplan give us his picks as his TransBorder Art residency begins

New Jersey born, Queens based artist Will Kaplan crosses boundaries of mediums, techniques and text to create his work. Exploring hemmed nature reserves growing up he focused on tensions between…

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Track: Newcastle’s TV Death release the glorious garage punk of Village Mentality, along with new video; check it out here

Newcastle garage punks TV Death are back with a new single, Village Mentality, taken from their EP ‘The God, The One and The Devil’, which is out on November 24th.…

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Track: Hamburg outfit Mint Mind Release the glorious shoegaze shuffle of Glow

We love Tapete Records here at Backseat Mafia. Don’t even get me started on the injustice that The Elephants weren’t massive. And they’ve another winner on their hands here in…

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Album Review: False Hope For The Savage – False Hope For The Savage; Cardiff band produce a glittering self titled album of yearning post-rock.

Cardiff post-rock outfit False Hope For The Savage released their debut self titled album back in August, but with the physical release now out, we took the opportunity to take…

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Live Review: David A Jaycock / Cracked Hands – Bishops House, Sheffield 24.09.2023

It was hard to believe there was anything going on at Bishops House at all when I arrived (admittedly, late- it being my first time there and estimating set times…

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Album Review: JOHN – A Life Diagrammatic sees London punks hone their craft into one of the albums of 2023

Out right now on the Brace Yourself imprint is the fourth album from South London punks JOHN, called A Life Diagrammatic. It’s a follow up to 2021s Nocturnal Manoeuvres, a…

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News: Queenz Sounds festival announces line up for its second outing, and first in Glasgow this October

Queenz Sounds, the festival whose goals are to promote minorities in the music industry, as well as encouraging diversity and inclusivity. The organise it will be a fun night of…

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Meet: Grimsby new indie kids on the block, Shines

We’re on the button with Shines, the project featuring two of Grimsby finest songwriters, Rob Cross and Richard Dutton, joined by Marc Poole on bass and Chris Day on drums.…

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Album Review: David Jaycock’s Hold. Star. Return is a glorious slice of 80s infused Synthpop that sparkles throughout

Let’s get this straight from the start, to quote Kevin Rowland – whatever musical hat he’s wearing, David Jaycock writes fantastic songs and tunes. In the guise he’s adopted for…

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Track: Soft Science release the brilliant new single True, along with accompanying video – watch here

Northern California dreampop/ shoegaze outfit Soft Science have returned with a new single and accompanying video ‘True’. It’s taken from their recent album ‘Lines’ which dropped earlier in the month…

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